January 12, 2010
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Today’s Featured Book Event:

Joe Sacco (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): From acclaimed cartoonist-reporter Joe Sacco comes a sweeping, original investigation of a forgotten crime in the most tormented of places. Spanning 50 years and moving fluidly between one war and the next, Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan Books) captures the essence of a tragedy.

Other Book Events Today:

Science Fiction Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): This month we meet to discuss The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt.

You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah CountyClackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.

Gabe Barber started Reading Local in January of 2009 as a vehicle for exploring Portland's literary scene. He's not an aspiring author, and you won't find his work on a bookshelf or in any prestigious lit rag. He is however, a full on book nerd, with a passion for independent literature.

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